The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-16
MAKING BARRELS
A New Scheme Whichis Worth LOOK
ing at for Fun.
From Me Ciic0go Herald.

FROM tite CHCOUo bcfOtds
You wouldn't think that anything new
could be written about such hohNeiy SUI
ject as a barrel. but decidedly new depart
ure is to be chronicled. The barrel OF com
merce is made by splitting the log INTO
bolts about 80 inches long. The bolts are
placed in large vat subjected TO an intense
steam heat for II hours, and then WINE
hot are cut up into slaves. After hve or
six months of aiT-drying the slaves are READY
for the listing Tor joining machine ms
process completed, the slaves are IN proper
condition for the cooper, who trusses them
tarranges them in barrel form and cuts tne
chine and croze after which they are ready
for heads and hoops Shaving, planning ana
crozing machines are used IN the manuIac-
tuTe of common barrels, and in each barrel
there are IL slaves. The new barrel Is mace
OF two slaves. In an establishment where
they are manufactured this week saw an
elm log, 81 inches long and "A inches III
diameter, resting in steam vat. A crane
operated by steam power grappled the log
and swung it into position in the machlne'
This wonderful piece of mechanism clamps
the log exactly in the center and lnlneoIhIe-
" begins motion of 80 revolutions 10 the
minute. When the log commences 10
revolve in the embrace OF the machlns
knife is fed directly on TO the outside OF the
log, cutting off continuous sheet the proper
way the entire log is utilized as stave mat
erial except about six inches of the core
or heart, which is practically worthless. On
the opposite side Of the cutting knife, and
revolving upon the surface of the log, are
two cylinders, being held thereon by the
same mechanism which feeds the knife to
the log One revolution Of these cylinders
measures a half barrel of continuous and
solid stave material. In the surface
of these cylinders is knife, which is forced
into the solid log, cutting off sheet, which
fal on to a convevor in the perfect form
of half barrel This half barrel, which
has just dropped from the log, is completely
chined, crozed and equalized. Its external
form is superior to any work whlch Che
most EXPERT cooper can execute. 1t is
fundamentally 'truen The Ginning, croz-
ing and equalizng have all been done by
the same knife, and the perfected half barrel
is the result Of the single mechanical reyolu-
ton.
The elm log referred to remained in the
machine SO seconds, al the expiration OF
which time it had been converted into "a
slaves, or material for II barrels The
slaves are dried. listed Gointed), and then
receive head and hoops 220 barrels are
made from 900 feet of log measure. BY the
old style of manufacture the maximum
product is about 80 barrels less On the old
barrel. with 16 slaves, 80 listngs are re-
quired. Here only four hstings are made.
The saving in this detail alone is great. As
a labor-saving invention it represents an
advance of GO per cent. On the old method
of manufacture. Barrels, nail kegs, butter
tubs and pals are turned out at will with
this wonderful machine. The inventor,
Michigan man, has had the idea germinat
ing in his brain for over 20 years, but it was
only during the present year that the mech
anism was perfected.